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Cronus was a powerful figure in ancient Greek mythology—the youngest of the Titans who overthrew his father Uranus to rule during a legendary golden age, only to be later defeated and imprisoned by his own son Zeus. He matters because his story was central to how ancient Greeks understood the origins of their gods and the natural order of the cosmos, illustrating themes of generational conflict and the rise and fall of divine power.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Cronus
- Deity.god_of
- Leader of the Titans
- Deity.image
- Rhea handing a swaddled stone to Cronus, Attic terracotta pelike, c. 460–450 BC, Met 06.1021.144.jpg (cropped).jpg
- Deity.caption
- Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c. 460–450 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Deity.script_name
- Ancient Greek
- Deity.planet
- Saturn
- Deity.battles
- Titanomachy
- Deity.symbol
- Grain, sickle, scythe
- Deity.consort
- Rhea
- Deity.parents
- Uranus and Gaia
- Deity.offspring
- Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, Zeus, Chiron
- Deity.predecessor
- Uranus
- Deity.successor
- Zeus
- Deity.Roman_equivalent
- Saturn
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Egyptian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Geb
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- titan
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Rhea
- Father
- Uranus
- Mother
- Gaia
- Sibling
- Tethys
- Image
- Saturnus fig274.png
- Residence
- Mount Othrys
- Said to be same as
- Saturn
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- iconographic symbol
- sickle
- replaced by
- Zeus
- replaces
- Uranus
- Commons category
- Kronos
- worshipped by
- Greek mythology
- topic's main category
- Category:Cronus
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in native language
- Κρόνος
- different from
- Chronos
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